William Uriah Bramwell Roberts (1845 - 1885)

Born 23 Feb 1845 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

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Died 30 Mar 1885 at age 40 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

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William Roberts is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

William was born 23 February 1845 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas, and he was baptized there on 3 February 1846.^[1] He was the son of John Roberts Jr. and Elizabeth Augusta Curry.

He married Frances Jane Lowe circa 1863, probably in Green Turtle Cay.^[2]

William died on 30 March 1885 in Green Turtle Cay.^[3]

He is said to have been a lay Methodist Preacher. On one of his children's civil birth records, he is listed as a P. School Teacher. On this civil death record, he is listed as a Shop Keeper.

Sources

Bahamas DNA Project, Direct Paternal Line Descendant Charts https://genealogy.hopetownmuseum.com/bahamasdnaproject/bahydna.htm

DNA

Paternal Great Great Grandfather of Y-DNA kit 29930

1. ↑ Oreste Lombardi, comp., William Uriah Bramwell Roberts, no. 124, Green Turtle Cay.ged, 2013 Dolly Mae Bahamas 40th Anniversary CD (Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas: Wyannie Malone Museum, 2014); citing "Abaco Meth. serial 307." The Dolly Mae CD notes that the name Bramwell does not appear in William's baptism record. He was simply William Roberts.
2. ↑ The date is estimated from the birth of their first known child on 20 January 1864. Oreste Lombardi, comp., Agnes Louise Roberts, no. 192, Green Turtle Cay.ged, 2013 Dolly Mae Bahamas 40th Anniversary CD (Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas: Wyannie Malone Museum, 2014); citing "Abaco Meth # 2024."
3. ↑ Bahamas Registrar General, Civil Registration, Deaths, 1885, First Quarter, District of Green Turtle Cay Abaco, p. 29, no. 8, William Roberts, 30 March 1885; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RSK-93KB?mode=g&i=176&wc=Q4ZG-DP8%3A216291101%3Fcc%3D1922411&cc=1922411 : accessed February 2016). A submission to the Bahamas DNA project (http://home.comcast.net/~libpjr1/bahydna.htm) states that he died in Key West, Florida; however no evidence is provided for this statement.

• Will for William Roberts. Volume W8 - Index, indentures (releases, conveyances), 1880-1882; Volume X8 - Index, wills, 1884-1892.Image 414-416 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJD-MXJT?i=413&cat=228489